Author Archives: Jeff

Jan 03

Street View has visited Tama County

Posted on Monday, January 3, 2022, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Far too many times I have looked at images on Google Maps Street View and wished that, instead of covering the same roads multiple times, the vehicles would go out and capture either the roads that are only in low … Continue reading →

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Dec 31

My photo for the year: 2021

Posted on Friday, December 31, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 25, 2021 In Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell has a small building dedicated to it across the street from Independence Hall. Through at least June 2019, visitors were able to walk all the way around the bell, but now you can’t. … Continue reading →

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Dec 29

Today’s to-do list

Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at 10:02 AM by Jeff

Futurama’s premiere is closer to Elvis’ death* than the present day. *”Elvis is not dead, he just went home!” UPDATE: Iowa State did not wake up feeling the cheesiest.

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Dec 28

‘Nothing of much interest occurred to day’

Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

via Library of Congress It is true that President James K. Polk’s diary on December 28, 1846, ended with “Nothing of much interest occurred to day”. However, through the Library of Congress, we know that wasn’t the entire entry. Polk, … Continue reading →

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Dec 27

Visit939Iowa+

Posted on Monday, December 27, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I have both noted and ragged on the two guys from Nebraska who visited every incorporated place in Iowa this year and turned their travels into a book, “Visit 939 Iowa”. I am pleased and obligated to report that my … Continue reading →

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Dec 24

Season’s greetings from ISU’s LAS

Posted on Friday, December 24, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A suitably silly short film from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. Observe: Meteorologists in their natural habitat. Please do not tap on the glass. It frightens the meteorologists. Its is okay to feed them.

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Dec 20

IA 136 to be truncated after all

Posted on Monday, December 20, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 16, 2020: US 52 was signed along IA 136 between US 20 and Luxemburg even before the Southwest Arterial opened. This duplex will turn out to be short-lived. Remember when I said that US 52’s reroute through Dyersville should … Continue reading →

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Dec 17

Geneseo school’s 100th anniversary

Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 23, 2011: The 1920 Geneseo Township school building was featured in a Des Moines Register article on Barb and Dave Else’s book, For All The Small Schools, cataloging Iowa’s abandoned schools. It’s in the small percentage built alone on … Continue reading →

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Dec 15

Dinsdale school’s 100th anniversary

Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Dinsdale Consolidated School District was approved by voters in January 1920, and construction on a new school began shortly thereafter. The above is a picture of the new consolidated school building at Dinsdale. The building is modern in every … Continue reading →

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Dec 13

A growing crisis of capital

Posted on Monday, December 13, 2021, at 10:30 AM by Jeff

In the past two years: Kacey Musgraves released an album with an intentionally lowercased title and all-lowercase songs. Taylor Swift released not one but TWO albums with intentionally lowercased titles and all-lowercase songs. She has gone back to regular capitalization … Continue reading →

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